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Definition of biowarfare in English:

biowarfare

noun

‘Awareness of the threat of microbial spread has increased because biowarfare has challenged our mind-set and made us realize that we no longer can take our safety for granted.’

‘Last year the United States, alone among the nations of the world, rejected the Kyoto global warming accords, a plan for an international criminal court of justice, and a treaty strengthening protections against biowarfare.’

‘Chapter five, which deals with the spectre of bioterrorism and biowarfare, prognosticates with frightening plausibility on the worst, largely unregulated modern evil.’

‘Safeguards are needed to ensure fulfillment of that trust, in particular, to ensure that science is not used in bioterrorism or biowarfare.’

‘The New York team's work, published yesterday in the online version of the journal Science, alarmed polio specialists, but also prompted concerns that other viruses more suitable for biowarfare, such as smallpox, could be synthesised.’

‘I'm going to give you three steps we need to do to prepare this nation better for bioterrorism or biowarfare.’

‘The major threat of biowarfare was described by Dr Edmiston.’

‘It's a tremendously important academic and scientific institution that grew out of the ashes of America's offensive biowarfare program.’

‘Stores of smallpox, however, are kept in a few places around the world and could be used in biowarfare.’

‘Untoward events, natural or deliberate, such as those due to terrorism or biowarfare may appear simultaneously in multiple locations.’